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REVENGE : Sloop papers Vol. 3 : Accounts and Business Papers 1741-1801.
Life at Sea : Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-1900 Available online
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- Book
- Manuscript
- Series:
- Life at Sea: Seafaring in the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1600-2779
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies.
- Sailors.
- Military art and science.
- Accounts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2022.
- Summary:
- Papers related to the sloop REVENGE, commanded by Benjamin Norton and owned by John Freebody of Newport, R.I., and its privateering activities against the Spaniards in the West Indies during their war with England, in particular relating to the dispute between the REVENGE and the American brig SARAH regarding the disposition of the latter's cargo after its recapture by the REVENGE from the Spaniards. Includes bills, receipts, and cargo lists related to prizes received, divided, and sold by the REVENGE for the capture or recapture of various ships, including the sloop CLARO AND THE THREE BROTHERS. Also, a journal of the transactions on the Revenge on a cruising voyage against the Spaniards, with an account of provisions and people on board, June 5-October 5, 1741 written by Norton's unidentified quartermaster; the commission of the Revenge to engage in privateering against Spain, signed by Richard Ward; and a waste book (1788-1801) of accounts on the farm of Joseph Andrews of Hingham, Mass.
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